RAD400 | KEY CONCEPTS ELABORATED.
Master File - Answer: A storage entity in Chronicles used to organize a particular type
of record. Analogy - Filing cabinet drawer. Ex: Patient (EPT), Provideer (SER),
Medication (ERX), and Diagnosis (EDG).
Chronicles - Answer: Epic's database management system; stores all infomation. Is
used by all Epic applications. Analogy - Filing cabinet.
Record - Answer: A specific individual in a master file.
Analogy - File folder.
Ex: Schuleer, Kristi; Granite, Pat MD; Milk of Magnesia.
Item - Answer: A prompt for a piece of infomation. Other acceptable terms are setting,
prompt, or field.
Analogy - Question.
Ex: Date of Birth, Default Dose, Synonym.
Value - Answer: The specific information recorded for an item.
Analogy - Answer.
Ex: May 14, 1978, 325 MG, CAD.
Contact - Answer: Tracks how the values for certain items change over time.
Analogy - Dated sheets of paper.
Ex: ED visit on 3/20, Appointment on 10/2, Tel encounter on 1/17
Chronicles Import - Answer: Allows you to create or update records in Chronicles, like
departments from an outside source, like an Excel Spreadsheet.
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, Facility - Answer: Entire enterprise or organization. Most general level.
System Definitions - Answer: LSD. A place to make global, system-wide settings. The
profile record applies to every clinical user in your system.
Revenue Location - Answer: Building where people work or receive care; a collection of
departments. They can be hospitals or clinics. After you specify a department's revenue
location, it cannot be changed!
Service Area - Answer: A grouping of clinics or hospitals which forms a business entity
to track revenue. Represents the accounts receivable or business entities of your
organization. Can represent a geographical region, an affiliate organization or your
entire organization.
Department - Answer: Area where patients are scheduled or admitted. Provide a place
for people to log in to. Must be linked to the appropriate revenue location and to the
patient service area.
Four types: Hospital Units, Outpatient Departments, Hospital Outpatient Departments,
and Virtual Departments.
Influence Radiant Build:
- Determines where procedures are scheduled and performed.
- Providers and resources are only schedulable in specific departments.
- Schedules of availability are specific to both a provider/resource and a department.
Centers - Answer: Radiant also uses _______________ to group departments that are
geographically close to each other. _______________ allow schedulers to search
across departments in order to find the earliest available appointment time that's also
convenient for the patient. _______________ are not records, and they also don't fit into
this larger facility structure. Instead, centers are values in a category list.
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Master File - Answer: A storage entity in Chronicles used to organize a particular type
of record. Analogy - Filing cabinet drawer. Ex: Patient (EPT), Provideer (SER),
Medication (ERX), and Diagnosis (EDG).
Chronicles - Answer: Epic's database management system; stores all infomation. Is
used by all Epic applications. Analogy - Filing cabinet.
Record - Answer: A specific individual in a master file.
Analogy - File folder.
Ex: Schuleer, Kristi; Granite, Pat MD; Milk of Magnesia.
Item - Answer: A prompt for a piece of infomation. Other acceptable terms are setting,
prompt, or field.
Analogy - Question.
Ex: Date of Birth, Default Dose, Synonym.
Value - Answer: The specific information recorded for an item.
Analogy - Answer.
Ex: May 14, 1978, 325 MG, CAD.
Contact - Answer: Tracks how the values for certain items change over time.
Analogy - Dated sheets of paper.
Ex: ED visit on 3/20, Appointment on 10/2, Tel encounter on 1/17
Chronicles Import - Answer: Allows you to create or update records in Chronicles, like
departments from an outside source, like an Excel Spreadsheet.
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, Facility - Answer: Entire enterprise or organization. Most general level.
System Definitions - Answer: LSD. A place to make global, system-wide settings. The
profile record applies to every clinical user in your system.
Revenue Location - Answer: Building where people work or receive care; a collection of
departments. They can be hospitals or clinics. After you specify a department's revenue
location, it cannot be changed!
Service Area - Answer: A grouping of clinics or hospitals which forms a business entity
to track revenue. Represents the accounts receivable or business entities of your
organization. Can represent a geographical region, an affiliate organization or your
entire organization.
Department - Answer: Area where patients are scheduled or admitted. Provide a place
for people to log in to. Must be linked to the appropriate revenue location and to the
patient service area.
Four types: Hospital Units, Outpatient Departments, Hospital Outpatient Departments,
and Virtual Departments.
Influence Radiant Build:
- Determines where procedures are scheduled and performed.
- Providers and resources are only schedulable in specific departments.
- Schedules of availability are specific to both a provider/resource and a department.
Centers - Answer: Radiant also uses _______________ to group departments that are
geographically close to each other. _______________ allow schedulers to search
across departments in order to find the earliest available appointment time that's also
convenient for the patient. _______________ are not records, and they also don't fit into
this larger facility structure. Instead, centers are values in a category list.
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